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As nouns the difference between saint and oracle

is that saint is a person to whom a church or another religious group has officially attributed the title of "saint"; a holy or godly person; one eminent for piety and virtue while oracle is a shrine dedicated to some prophetic deity.

As verbs the difference between saint and oracle

is that saint is to canonize, to formally recognize someone as a saint while oracle is to utter oracles or prophecies.

As a proper noun Oracle is

a database management system (and its associated software) developed by the Oracle Corporation

saint

English

Noun

(wikipedia saint) (en noun)
  • A person to whom a church or another religious group has officially attributed the title of "saint"; a holy or godly person; one eminent for piety and virtue.
    • Kateri Tekakwitha was proclaimed a saint .
  • (figuratively, by extension) A person with positive qualities; one who does good.
    • Dorothy Day was a living saint .
    Thanks for looking after the house while I'm away. You're a saint !
  • One who is sanctified or made holy; a person who is separated unto God’s service.
    • to the assembly of God which is at Corinth; those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints , with all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both theirs and ours. (1Cor. 1:2)
  • One of the blessed in heaven.
  • * Milton
    • Then shall thy saints , unmixed, and from the impure / Far separate, circling thy holy mount, / Unfeigned hallelujahs to thee sing.

    Synonyms

    * (holy person) (l), sheik

    Related terms

    * sainthood * saintly * saintess

    See also

    * hallow * holos * holy

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (nonstandard) To canonize, to formally recognize someone as a saint.
    • Many wish to see Pope John Paul II sainted immediately.

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    oracle

    English

    (wikipedia oracle)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A shrine dedicated to some prophetic deity.
  • * Milton:
    • The oracles are dumb; / No voice or hideous hum / Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving.
  • A person such as a priest through whom the deity is supposed to respond with prophecy or advice.
  • A prophetic response, often enigmatic or allegorical, so given.
  • * Drayton:
    • Whatso'er she saith, for oracles must stand.
  • A person considered to be a source of wisdom.
    • a literary oracle
  • * Macaulay:
    • The country rectors thought him an oracle on points of learning.
  • * Tennyson:
    • oracles of mode
  • A wise sentence or decision of great authority.
  • One who communicates a divine command; an angel; a prophet.
  • * Milton:
    • God hath now sent his living oracle / Into the world to teach his final will.
  • (computing theory) A theoretical entity capable of answering some collection of questions.
  • (Jewish antiquity) The sanctuary, or most holy place in the temple; also, the temple itself.
  • * Milton:
    • Siloa's brook, that flow'd / Fast by the oracle of God.
  • * Bible , 1 Kings 6:19, King James Version:
    • And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the Lord.

    Derived terms

    * oracle machine

    Synonyms

    * (priest acting as conduit of prophecy) prophet * (person who is a source of wisdom) expert

    Verb

    (oracl)
  • (obsolete) To utter oracles or prophecies.
    • (Webster 1913)

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